Sometimes
I try to be the best
at everything
(if not always)
to prepare the finest sermon
to pray the deepest prayers
to lead with calm confidence
to call down Your Spirit
on the world on the church
as no one ever did before
Sometimes
I try to be the best
at everything
(usually I fail)
to devise the proper approach
to evoke the needed feeling
to illuminate the truth
to bring in Your Commonwealth
of Love single-handed
as if no one else were trying
Sometimes
I try to be the best
at everything
(forgetting there is grace)
to try a new way
to fail miserably
to try again and again
Thank you for that
Amen
